NORFOLK, VA. -- Old Dominion University women's basketball coach Wendy Larry
announced today that Alli Spence, a 5-5 junior guard from Lafayette, CO., will
not return to campus this fall. Spence has elected to extend her medical leave
of absence from the University and the team, which she was granted in mid-December
of 2001.

Spence was a tri-captain on last year's squad and named CAA Rookie of the Year for
1999-2000 season. She played in six games with three starts in 2001-02, averaging
3.0 ppg. No timetable has been set for her return.